Re: [Bug-gnupress] Texinfo advice

[Simon Law]

On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 06:24:28PM -0500, Richard Kreuter wrote:
> Hey folks,
> 
> I'm working on the formatting a section of a manual dealing with the
> .inputrc file, and it has a badness.  The following is all one line
> that's supposed to go into a .inputrc file, and the line occurs in an
> @example block in the texinfo:
> 
> Meta-Control-h:       backward-kill-word      Text after the function name is 
> ignored
> 
> Because it's in an @example block, TeX won't word-wrap, and so the
> last 3 or 4 words get cut off, depending on page size.  I was thinking
> of doing this:
> 
> Meta-Control-h:       backward-kill-word      Text after the function 
>                                       # name is ignored
> 
> Text following '#' in the inputrc is ignored, so this doesn't change
> the file's function.  Would this be better-looking, do you think:
> 
> Meta-Control-h:       backward-kill-word      Text after the function 
> # name is ignored
> 
> Or can somebody suggest a better idea?

        I would suggest one of two things:

a) rewrite to fit within 70 characters:

Meta-Control-h: backward-kill-word      Text here is ignored

b) change the @example font such that it is small enough to fit 80
   characters per line.

Simon